Red/Orange Bowl

This bowl was made w/ striker glass. Striker glass starts out one color and changes color as it is heated in the kiln. This glass was a yellowish color prior to being heated.

The final color is more of a reddish orange.

Not exactly the Halloween color I was looking for, but I like it.

~ Julz

new work

A new dish.

The glass color is a transparent brown with opague black dots.

The transparent color becomes powerful after it is fired, but before it's fired the the color is weak and not spectacular.

Hope your week is all you want it to be.

~ Julz

White plate

Friday - white plate with red dots.

~ Julz

red dish w/ bubbles

 - difficult to get a good picture. . . a nice color of red.

~Julz

mesh melt

My first mesh melt - I'm so excited.
I have another one cooling in the kiln right now
with hopes that it will be as pretty.

Yea!

This was our sunset a few nights ago. 

It would be so great to recreate these colors.

Happy Wednesday!

~Julz

flowers - a bit brighter

Flowers in the kiln.

Flowers prior to cleaning.

At least they are brighter than the last kiln load.

~ Julz

Lost it ? ? ?

It's been awhile.
I seem to have lost something in the last month.

I think the only way to find it again is to work with glass.
I hoped that the glass would just "come to me".

Obviously that didn't happen.

So . . .

This was my attempt yesterday.

Well - to be fair - this is not black, but transparent, dark amber. It didn't work.

I also experimented with some glassline paint that I purchased last spring and had never used.

This gave me some ideas, but nothing is completed yet.

Today - after my attempts yesterday w/ dark colors - I have some bright flowers in the kiln. Not sure where I am going with them, but I hope the color will inspire me.

My goal is to fire the kiln often this week.

I'll keep you posted.

~Julz

New funky, glass bird,

new bread recipe (no-knead olive) . . . clean house & getting centered for the next busy week.





Giving thanks!

~ Julz